NOTE: This provision of law was included in the Unconstitutional Statutes Biennial
Report to the Legislature, dated March 14, 2016.

Art. 414. Time for impaneling grand juries; period of service

A. A grand jury shall be impaneled twice a year in each parish, except in the parish
of Cameron in which at least one grand jury shall be impaneled each year.

B. The court shall fix the time at which a grand jury shall be impaneled, but no grand
jury shall be impaneled for more than eight months, nor less than four months, except in the
parish of Cameron in which the grand jury may be impaneled for a year.

C. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 389, §3.

D. A grand jury shall remain in office until a succeeding grand jury is impaneled.
A court may not discharge a grand jury or any of its members before the time for the
impaneling of a new grand jury, except for legal cause.

Acts 1985, No. 675, §1; Acts 2016, No. 389, §§1, 3.

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